sorry but even back then the jack down the street could be molested by another boy who was probably buggered by 50 year old james on the corner...lucy could have a special relationship with her father....so close that he would visit her at night...chuckie's dad could be a great well known lawyer....who likes to drink...and then takes his frustrations out on his boy...like i said before there is no such thing as childhood innocence...i grew up in a small town in North Idaho...picture perfect town...an hour and a half drive from coeur d'alen...2 hours from spokane...that is if you would discount the perverts and the drunks...and the druggies...underneath any surface there is a darker layer....that is not that hard to find if you know where to look.